Love Letters
These paintings reflect my love of Pop Art and its precursors in the photos of Eugene Atget and Walker Evans in particular. Signage and pop-ups, ubiquitous in our visual as well as online world, also inform these images, all of which contain letters or numbers.
"MVP" oil/gold leaf/linen/Mardi Gras beads/wood frame 23" x 19" x 1.5" Private collection - In honor of New Orleans Saints quarterback, Drew Brees.
Big Blue, 2018 acrylic/panel/brass 10 x 10 x 2.5 (which is neither big nor blue) Private collection
"Blue Square/SOLD" 2015
oil/acrylic/linen 30" x 30"
"Take Five" 2016
oil/23-K gold leaf/linen 24" x 20" For Charles Demuth and Robert Indiana, who made paintings of the number five in gold, and for Paul Desmond who wrote the jazz classic "Take Five." Private Collection
"See Differently" 2015
acrylic/panel 5.5" x 30" Private Collection
"Velvet Elvis" 2015 23-k gold leaf/velvet 14" x 48"
"Amazing Painting" 2015 oil/ acrylic/linen/panel 17.75" x 23.75"
"Alma Mater" 2015 oil/23-K gold leaf/panel 12" x 24"
"Fine Art" 2015 acrylic on panel 36" x 36" - A faded sign on a storefront no longer in business gave me the idea for this painting.
"Coffee (Marquee)" 2015
acrylic/panel 48" x 12"
"In my rear view mirror" 2015
acrylic on panel 5.5" x 25.5" Private Collection
"With a little help from my friends" 2015 acrylic/linen 20" x 32"
"The Picasso Effect" 2014 - oil/linen 20" x 24" White letters on a storefront window cast their shadow onto an interior panel. The word and its echo made me think of the persistent power of Pablo Picasso. He's been gone over forty years now but remains an indelible, indwelling presence.
"New England Favorite" 2014 - oil/23-K gold leaf/linen 20" x 24" Private Collection
"Shine" 2014 - oil/gold leaf/linen 32" x 42"
"For Sale" 2012 - acrylic/pencil/linen 36" x 40" Private collection
"Silence" 2012 - oil/23-K gold leaf/panel 4" x 19"
"Wet Paint" 2011 - oil/panel 9.625" x 13.375" Private Collection
"Made in U.S.A." 2011 - oil/linen/panel 11" x 78"
"Free!" 2010 - oil/panel 4.5" x 10.25"